Date
2010-6-2 |
Name
Amy Roady
- Communications Manager
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Phone
3096637692 |
Fax
3096636981 |
Email
roadya@ilsoy.org |
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2010 SUMMER RESEARCH TOUR
Day 1
University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
8:00 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.
General parking will be at the U of I South Farms. The group will proceed by bus for the tour of the U of I. A map will be included with directions to the south farm at the U of I. Individuals taking the bus from U of I to Southern Illinois at Carbondale may leave their vehicles at the south farm.
TIME
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TOPIC
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SPEAKER
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8:00 - 8:15 am
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Registration, Welcome, Opening Remarks
(Muffins, coffee, soft drinks & water provided)
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8:15 - 8:30 am
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ISA Welcome
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Matt Hughes, ISA Supply Committee Chairman
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UIUC Welcome
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Dr. Robert Easter, Chancellor
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8:30 - 8:45 am
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Update on Animal Nutrition
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Hans Stein
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8:45 - 9:00 am
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Update on ISA Yield Challenge
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Vince Davis & Jim Nelson
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9:00 - 9:20 am
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Soybean Cyst Nematode (SCN)
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Terry Niblack
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9:20 - 9:40 am
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Glyphosate Resistant Weeds
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Aaron Hager
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9:40 - 10:00 am
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Soybean Diseases & Insect Pests (SDIP): White Mold
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Carl Bradley
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10:00 - 10:15 am
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SDIP: Aphids
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Mike Gray
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10:15- 10:30 am
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Germplasm & Breeding Initiative (GBI) Aphid Resistant Varieties
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Brian Diers
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10:30 - 10:50 am
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Tour Institute of Genomic Biology
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Damla Bilgin
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10:50 - 11:25 am
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Carbon Nanotube Project Updates
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John Rogers & Fabian Fernandez
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11:25 - 11:45 am
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Livestock Genomics
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Harris Lewin
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12:00 - 12:30 pm
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Lunch at the National Soybean Research Lab (NSRL)
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12:30 - 1:00 pm
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WISHH Update
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Bridget Owen
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1:00 - 1:15 pm
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Wide Hybridized Germplasm and Screening
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Bridget Owen
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Introduction of Extension Associates
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Ram Signh
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Intellectual Property Update Handout
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Linda Kull
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1:15 pm
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Wrap Up and Depart for SIU Carbondale
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For those individuals driving directly to the Holiday Inn Hotel & Conference Center in Carbondale, Illinois a map will be included with directions to the hotel.
The bus will be making a stop at the Keller Convention Center, Effingham on the way to Carbondale. Please let the office know if you need to be picked up at the Keller Convention Center. The estimated time of arrival in Effingham is 3:00 p.m.
Bus transportation will be provided from the Holiday Inn in Carbondale to dinner (location to be determined). Participants attending the tour at SIU on July 21, 2010 are invited to dinner. This includes soybean producers and researchers from SIU. If you are interested in attending the dinner you must respond by Wednesday, July 14th.
Those individuals taking the return trip to Champaign on the bus will be transported to the Agronomy Research Center at SIU. Those individuals that are driving separately will be given directions to the Agronomy Research Center parking area, where they can leave their vehicles and take the bus to the various locations on the SIU tour. After the conclusion of the tour at SIU they will be taken back to the parking lot at the Agronomy Research Center to retrieve their vehicles.
Day 2
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Agronomy Research Center
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
8:00 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.
TIME
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TOPIC
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SPEAKER
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6:30 - 7:30 am
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Full Breakfast Buffet Provided at the Holiday Inn Hotel
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8:15 - 8:30 am
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Registration, Welcome, Opening Remarks
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SIU Welcome
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Todd Winters, Interim Dean, COAS
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ISA Welcome
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Matt Hughes, ISA Supply Committee Chairman
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8:30 - 10:00
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Field Tour Presentations
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Non-GMO Soybean Variety Development
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Stella Kantartzi
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VIPS/SDIP: Root Knot Nematode
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Jason Bond
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Sustainability of U.S. Soybean Production
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Bryan Young
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Molecular-Based Strategies to Manage SDS
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Ahmad Fakhoury
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10:15 am
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Transport to Fisheries Wet Lab
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10:15 - 10:45 am
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Presentations and Tour of the Wet Lab Facility
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Jesse Trushenski & Brian Small
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10:45 am
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Transport to Life Sciences III Building on Campus
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11:00 - 12:15 pm
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Presentations and Tour of Fisheries Analytical Labs
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Overview of the Fisheries and IL Aquaculture Center
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Jim Garvey, Director
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Soybean Research in Aquaculture
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Jesse Trushenski & Brian Small
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12:15 pm
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Return to Agronomy Research Center
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12:30 pm
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LUNCH
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1:15 pm
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Wrap Up and Depart
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Estimated time of arrival at the South Farms is 5:30 p.m.
Register Now!
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